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[gumy-shark]

Is there anything about the implications of how Ritsu treats Mob in Mogamiland and Mogami claims that everyone there is an accurate representation of themselves in the real world. Or was Mogami just fucking with him with that one/did I misinterpret. Because if he wasn't and I didn't the creatures going to get me

well first off i would like to say that mogami is an EXTREMELY biased narrator, who has an extremely vested interest in presenting everything in the worst light possible and convincing mob that this is what the real world is Really Like.

secondly- and im gonna be honest here- ritsu and mob’s relationship in the show has a heavy dose of Brother Goggles. in a world where they’re not related, where ritsu has nothing tying him to mob? he’d probably treat mob like a stranger, considering they wouldn’t know each other and ritsu wouldnt have any reason to care about mob. i don’t think it’s particularly out of character for ritsu to evaluate mogamiland mob’s situation (two high schoolers, both of whom seem to be larger and reasonably in shape, acting violently against a stranger ritsu likely Knows either can’t or won’t fight back) and decide he’s not going to stick his neck out. (especially considering in s1 ep6 when he thinks onigawara is shaking down mob- his brother, who he deeply cares about but also considers to be a walking time bomb that could be set off by any disturbance or threat, who ritsu has the power to defend in that moment- and chooses to observe from a distance instead of intervene)

to be clear btw this is one of my favorite things about him. it’s such a fascinating part of his character

[fintrafeatherfall]

Out of genuine curiosity why do you like Petra as a character? After season 2 idk why I just couldn’t like her as much as before so would like to get back to appreciating her character again.

HI ANON!!! first of all, you are so awesome for asking this, seeing people still open to appreciating a character even after not liking them as much anymore/disliking them is so cool actually

NOW. TO ACTUALLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. MIGHT GO INTO RAMBLE TERRITORY UHHH. also keep in mind I’m just some random freelance for fun artist on the internet, not a writer, or a professional character analyzer, so all this could just be complete incomprehensible nonsense from my mind lol. BUT ONTO THE THOUGHTS!!!!

finding out that not just you, but several people have come to not like her as much/straight up dislike petra during and/or after season 2 really really surprised me honestly!! season 2, to me, felt like it really expanded on petra as a character and as a person. It showed her flaws front and center through jesses eyes and it really made her feel so? human? if that makes sense? like her issues are REAL. and the way she handles them are REAL. AND MESSY. her clinging to the past, worried to lose her friends, and then her lashing out/shutting down when confronted with that is so. real. petra isn’t a perfect person by any sense of the word, and that’s what I love most about her. episode 1 season 1 shows petra through jesses eyes as this. cool badass lone wolf who could fight her way through just about anything without anyone by her side, and then that whole view gets broken down as the series continues. the wither sickness started breaking that closed off shell she had (whether it be the regular wither sickness OR the amnesia, they both break her down in different ways) to after the witherstorm/during the portal arc being her letting herself get closer to others. and then come season two, being quite a few years later and bringing forth the change and natural drift that comes from being closer to others who’s lives have changed drastically, of which petras likely never had to experience before, and thus the way she reacts being messy and imperfect. it’s so. yeah.

i don’t know if this made any lick of sense at all but. I just love her because of how real petra and her flaws feel as a character. I feel like I’ve never really seen someone like her represented the way she was in any sort of media. and i really!!!!!! adore her because of that!!!!!!!

obviously i like her for other reasons, from her design to her base personality and etc. but i think!!!! . how human she was written and how real her issues are, just!!! really hit close to me!!!!

BUT!!! YEAH!!!!!!! to anyone who actually read this far, you are awesome sauce I appreciate you so so much AND ALSO!!!! anyone else who wants to pitch in on why they appreciate petra n her character, feel free to go off in the reblogs!!!! let’s help this anon love petra again !!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!

[livingincolorsagain]

Hi, can I make a short ramble request?? Pls, tell me the beauty of why sam's the sun and bucky's the moon?? I have minimal understanding of what this dynamic means and I wanna know how, welp.

Have a good one ahead of you!

Hi, anon, you’re always more than welcome to do so! <3

The sun/moon dynamic is about opposites attract. The sun character is usually upbeat and optimistic, while the moon character is more reserved and moody. That’s what I think it is on the surface anyway.

I don’t think that’s necessary why the sun/moon dynamic works for sambucky, though. Sam is the sun because he burns bright, is warm, and, well, has more boiling beneath the surface than he lets on. Bucky is the moon because he’s quiet and he’s resilient and he’s steady and optimistic, and yeah, okay, he reflects Sam’s light. Like, he lets himself be lighter around Sam, and he gives Sam the space to let out everything he always tries to hide and hold back. Bucky wears his heart on his sleeve, he is quiet and moody sometimes, but you can look at his face and just see him. You can’t just look at Sam’s face, he burns too bright.

But, well, that’s the whole point of the moon, right? To reflect the sun’s light and light up the sky when it’s dark? That’s why I think the sun/moon metaphor works for them. Bucky takes in some of Sam’s fire and use it to make the dark days a little lighter, for both of them. And Sam lets him.

[somegrumpynerd]

I'm actually super curious about Horror's over eating problem like, in the first two weeks? I'm kinda wondering how Nightmare helped with that!

In his defence, after what he went through pretty much any eating would have been too much.

Like Horror hadn't eaten in years, and suddenly he finds himself in a place where food just exists. Like it's just around and he can take it - he's encouraged to take it because after the other two Nightmare was making a point of saying you must eat to his henchmen when they joined.

So he did the only reasonable thing and went hog wild.

There was no problem as far as the others were concerned - Nightmare was honestly relieved to see he'd chosen a mortal who would feed himself, and hearing him rip into an entire loaf of bread dry like an animal was the right first impression to leave on Dust and Killer. (Not that either of them would kill a teammate for fun, but without any LV and no kills Horror was lacking the intimidation factor they had. It's amazing how after you watch a guy shovel dry pasta shapes into his mouth by hand like his life depends on it you want to give him a bit of space to settle in).

The problem really was that going from eating nothing for years to eating half a kitchen all at once is a terrible idea, and he ended up making himself pretty sick from it. But the next time he went to the kitchen he just did it again, because the fear of going back to starvation told him to just eat it all now so it couldn't disappear. This went on for days, to the point Nightmare was considering doing a tour of aus to find a doctor who could find out what was wrong (and not rat him out to Dream), until Dust came forward with the suggestion of building him up slowly.

It was rough having to limit him, Horror has never been as grumpy as he was in those first few weeks (it turns out he didn't need the pasta to match the others on intimidation, hunger mood swings work just fine.) But eventually he was able to keep food down, and by then Nightmare had made a schedule to make sure they weren't fed too much or too little which was useful for all three.

So he finally had all his henchmen eating properly! And it only took like 2 years c:

[milogreer]

YEESSSSS Slow burn couple with their first kiss being under the rain?? I’m literally gonna cry just thinking about it 🥲🥲🥲🥲

[X] IT JUST FEELS RIGHT FOR THEM. that tension-filled moment where they just stare at each other, obscura’s pretty eyes captivating him and leaving him breathless… morgan in that soft voice of his asking if he can kiss them and obscura being a little hesitant but ultimately nodding because they’re too tongue-tied to speak…

i think it’s just a sweet, short kiss because he’s shown that he wants obscura to set the pace so far - but then i want obscura to be the one who goes back in for that second more desperate kiss. i’m talking arms around his neck or grabbing the front of his shirt and pulling him in kind of kiss. i want it so bad i can taste it but i also want them to be an agonizing slow burn so i will wait patiently and just hope and pray in the meantime T_T

[casper4lesbians]

what kind of music do you think cas likes? i was like "what if he was into stuff like lana del rey?" but i think that he'd be into those cheesy love songs... like if he discovered filipino music he'd LOVE the romantic songs

OMG IVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT HIS MUSIC TASTE

i’ve talked with other fans and we’ve agreed he’d experiment with different varieties of music since he never completely got the chance to do so before; he was too busy being the grim reaper.

now that he’s no longer bound to 1 role for the entirety of his life… he’d explore. and the different genres of music represents the newfound freedom he experiences, how he’s no longer bound to one responsibility for the rest of his life

but i think eventually, he’d become infatuated with romantic songs, like you said. it not only represents how he’s finally finding himself as himself (and not being controlled by others) but also. His love for MC. anytime he listens to any cheesy pop song (no matter how old or sometimes unrelated) he finds a way to connect it back to MC. i even have a playlist for songs casper would like/remind me of him. it’s here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/72dvGzi6A8Z7xoibjRQdPT?si=zWH6BdXFTi-uMl94GNVW6g&pi=u-0P1kPEsDRzaM

hope this answers ur question anon! feel free to ask more!!!

[throughtrialbyfire]

If you’re open to it, will you drop some of your most treasured Cicero headcanons? 🙏🥺

YES OMG i absolutely can!!!! i have so many HAHA .

-cicero joined the Dark Brotherhood at a very early age. in a way, it was the first time he felt he had a family, as his bio family was uh. rough to say the least. he was probably in his early teens when he got involved, if not a tiny bit younger.

-adding onto that, his mommy issues didnt begin with the night mother. his bio mother was very hot-and-cold to him since he was a kid, where praise was on a very high shelf and he had to reach for it as much as possible, and the silent treatment was frequent.

-he has gold eyes that tend to look hazel in most lightings

-hes always worn kohl ever since he was a teenager, so even before his jester look, this was a constant feature of his appearance

-he has wavy-curly hair ❤️

-his real laugh is very loud and he snorts when he laughs

-extremely, extremely clever. he has a mind that never stops working and words are one of his fav ways to show this off

i have a hell of a lot but these are all that i can think of at the moment, thank you so much for asking anon i will always infodump abt this man <33333333

[all-pacas]

Don't leave us in suspense! Drop the baldirs gate takes!

the one literally on my mind right now:

there is not a single good astarion/halsin story out there. like prove me wrong i guess, i haven't looked at all of them, but every single one i dip my toes into goes:

uwu poor baby astarion so sad

uwu halsin takes care of him and teaches him consent

uwu halsin is very paternalistic and teaches astarion how to sex

uwu he Big

and it drives me bonkers. like fandom has the habit of infantilizing astarion anyway, making him out to be a poor sad victim. like other people have pointed out the hilarious "man whose personal journey is gaining agency -> let's take away his agency" fanfic pipeline already, but for real!

rambling about how emotionally stunted astarion is under the cut:

he doesn't like to talk about his trauma, but he's also clear that it is trauma. he isn't in denial. he knows he's fucked up. and yes, when it comes to sex it's a bit more of a gray area, but he's a willing participant. he has a bunch of horny comments. he very much wants to hook up with someone at the goblin party, and WILL fuck lae'zel if tav doesn't romance either first. he tends to not enjoy sex as much as he THINKS he will and disassociates and knows his feelings are all fucked up around it, but he is NOT naive or in denial. he actually seems pretty self aware about it! he knows he forces himself through seductions, he knows he uses sex as a tool, he doesn't like either thing but he's been doing it for a long time. he's not naive.

he's also just. not. vulnerable? in general? like the man whines and complains, but he's one of the least emotional people in camp, in that he HATES expressing his real feelings. he doesn't talk about feelings. shadowheart, by way of contrast, is standoffish and doesn't open up easily, but IS able to pretty plainly state when she likes and trusts you. astarion? he has no idea. he will say this. he doesn't admit to liking anyone or anything, and yes, trauma, etc., etc., but he's also just kind of emotionally closed off. in general. anything that isn't superficial is shut down.

astarion actually goes pretty far out of his way to NOT be uwu vulnerable. he HATES being pitied and looked down on, or being perceived as such. CONSISTENTLY. he hates it when you tell him you'll protect him. he doesn't like being seen as weak. my favorite example: he doesn't actually approve of you offering to be his personal juice box after the first bite: he does approve of you agreeing with HIS plan to eat bandits. he doesn't like charity; he likes agency. he'll still take advantage, because he'll take what he can get, but it's REALLY telling he consistently prefers the answer that gives him agency (eating bandits) over the easier solution that doesn't (being fed at tav's discretion). with durge it's even more obvious. he says repeatedly: he wants to be in this TOGETHER. he wants them to rely on HIM. he very, very, very much does not want to be a kept toy.

i think there's also some ambiguity about him calling off sex in his romance. he's VERY clear that he enjoyed sex with tav and sees them as very attractive; it's just that (as he also says) he doesn't know how to have a relationship that isn't framed around sex as a tool and payment. that's re-enforced by his stated vulnerabilities once tav stops sleeping with him: he sees sex as his primary purpose/his looks as his only selling point, and he worries about tav hooking up with the drow twins (slightly) or halsin (more so) as a result. and yes, he has lots of other trauma and issues to unpack on top of it: but from the outset, he's pretty clear that he wants to figure out how to have feelings and a relationship in a non-sexual context. the other stuff exists TOO. many things can be true. it's just that he states, his stated reason for withdrawing, is wanting to sort out his feelings for TAV, not sort out his sexual trauma. again, both are true. but also: BOTH are true. he's not just a sad traumatized boy, he's also and equally trying to learn how to Relationship in a different way than he's used to.

so going back to halsin, who i'm not trying to demonize. all these FANFICS, man. halsin teaching astarion about uwu consent and taking care of him in a strong and paternal way. that's like. the last thing in the universe astarion would want. he'd go full cat exposed to water. and i'm not saying the ship can't happen or whatever, but it's such a common thread in the fanfics it drives me bonkers.

[moltensmusings]

I remember way back in 2012, there was an answer as to why Mashima decided the outcome of Juvia’s fight on Tenrou. So get this, Juvia was actually supposed to defeat Meredy in that fight, but because of the point in time when the chapters of the arc were being released, areas in Japan were currently hit by a tsunami. So instead of waves of her power being seen as “destruction” it was changed to waves of “love”.

All good man! I won't ever get upset a people for keeping me informed on fandom stuff.

Though I do think I'll use this as a way to go more in depth with my explanation and give an answer for people who don't always check responses because I know sometimes people reblog posts without seeing things I say. (To the anon this will be a bit repetitive to what you read so if you don't want to read it again with longer explanations all good!)

For anyone curious about my response: my major issue with Mashima using this reasoning is that it is another example of him not having nuance in how he writes. He's always on one end of an extreme scale with characters, and there's never a midground. People are sadistically evil or they're good guys. We never see a redemption arc properly play out if they change sides. People are either in love or not, and we don't see a build-up of emotion or scenes to develop feelings. Characters either are super strong with magic already, or they're wimps with magic he never focuses on developing or honing regardless of how interesting it could be.

I was even talking to my sister about it, and she pointed out, "It was an S-class trial, so juvia being adaptive and problem solving would've made sense." We could've had juvia meld into the water and surprise attack. Taken the battle to dry land to give her an actual challenge. Heck, if we want to have the link scene, we could've just had juvia going easy on Meredy or Meredy using Juvia's sympathy against her to get the upper hand.

Mashima saying the only options in the fight are juvia not using her powers almost at all or juvia killing a younger girl is essentially him telling the audience "juvia can't control her powers or hold her punches" and it makes her seem not skilled enough to be eligible for S-class bringing on confusion as to why she's there, and contradicts the fact that Juvia has always had a pretty strong handle on her powers. She's one of the mages who was born with her magic. A big part of my aggrevation with Mashima handling battles is that he comes up with conceptually interesting enemies, but we get the same repetitive fights every time without any thought into how powers could be creatively implemented. Now I'm aware that fights are not easy to write, but there were still simple ways they could've been improved.

Juvia specifically is a character who suffered horribly from Mashima nerfing characters. She's incredibly strong during phantomlord but consistently he removes portions of her arsenal (her dematerializing comes and goes as a major example, also if i remember she never controls the rain again??? Like thats such a cool concspt to use in later battles) to make her enemies a tangible threat to her rather than simply writing around who she is and focusing on what her actual weaknesses could be.

It's why I don't think I'll ever seek out answers Mashima gives to people pointing out flaws in his writing. Because all the ones I hear sound like excuses made to avoid criticism rather than valid explanations to fill in gaps left by implication or a simple lack of information.

[sketching-shark]

which of swk's kids do you think would be his heir? and what roles do you think the others would take on?

Uh. Well with the Monkey King's whole 5+ immortality and enlightenment deal, probably none of them XD. As is--and while I am very much aware that this is going against macaques' usual structure of most young directly inheriting their status-- I imagine that SWK would take a little more of a background role to the politics of day-to-day living on Mt. Huaguoshan after he becomes the Buddha Victorious in Strife, and spends more time on that side of things ensuring that the relations between the monkey yao and other beings in heaven and earth stay amicable. So who's officially "in charge" of Mt. Huaguoshan is a pretty fluid thing that can't be completely pinned to one specific individual, but is rather made of a loose coalition between SWK, the immortal monkey generals and marshals Ma, Liu, Beng, and Ba, and a large collection of frequently shifting yaoguai and even a number of humans who specialize in different necessary fields like agriculture, masonry, and medicine.

That said, SWK IS Mt. Huaguoshan's official figurehead, mostly because of his long history as the official communal grandpa and protector of the Fruit and Flower monkey yao, and because of his status as a being who's both monkey, man, and buddha all at once. But less fortunately, there's also the fact that his raw power more or less makes him a living WMD, as proven to heaven all those centuries ago when he havoced through the ranks of the deities and other immortals. So while most are on board with keeping up a good or at least civil relationship with the Mt. Huaguoshan yaoguai now, there's also that background threat of what could and did happen when they're attacked.

So with that kind of situation, Quidou, Luohou, and Yuebei Xing are left in this kind of weird and sometimes frightening place. They have a lot of freedom to choose what they want to do with their lives since Sun Wukong had them not because he needed heirs but because he wanted biological children to love and encourage in their passions. But they are also living in the aftermath of the war with heaven, the burning of Mt. Huaguoshan, and the years-long massacre of monkeys at the hands of hunters which only stopped because SWK massacred said hunters in turn. Things have stabilized significantly since the days of war, genocide and famine, and their father constantly emphasizes the need for diplomatic solutions. Yet there's also always that sense that things could in fact go very bad for them and their loved ones if they aren't able to back up their words with legitimate threats. And they only have to look at the human world to see how often that's the case, even between nations :( Plus while they may also be stone monkeys, Quidhou, Luohou, and Yuebei Xing are also a LOT less immortal and invulnerable than their famous father.

But to give a quick summary, as adults Quidou does find contentment in acting as a Mt. Huaguoshan guard and a shifu for many young monkey yaoguai in the martial arts (he's actually the most skilled fighter out of the three), Luohou becomes an interesting mix of a court painter/traveling diplomat who's frequently on the move, and Yuebei Xing, while more of a homebody and scholar than her brothers, out of the three Sun children ends up gaining the most fame and notoriety mainly because of her vast knowledge of curses, especially one that can condemn even immortals to a painful death.

It's no wonder that a number of deities are regarding the existence of even more dangerous stone monkeys with concern and fear. But the truce between Heaven and Mt. Huagushan still holds.

[pinkeoni]

thoughts on asexual will?

Hooooo boy okay let's get into it.

I know this wasn’t your intention, sweet anon, but you just opened a whole can of worms that I’ve been sitting on for awhile.

I wanna start by saying that I'm not against any asexuality hcs, nor do I think that Will being asexual in the show would be a bad thing, but I do think that people who read Will as canonically asexual may be ignoring what is actually happening in the text and is erasing his sexuality.

I was on twitter when season 3 dropped, and I remember it being popular opinion that Will was asexual despite all the of the incredibly clear queer coding that was going on with him. “It’s not my fault you don’t like girls” like come ON! My 70 year old dad knew what that meant! But he’s not a repressed gay! He's asexual! He doesn't like anyone!

Could Will be asexual and still in love with Mike? Absolutely! But that isn't what's happening in the show! Will isn't portrayed as sexless because he's asexual, Will is portrayed as sexless because he's a gay guy at a time when gay sex was especially vilified and demonized. No one says “AIDS” outright in the show, but there are still clear indicators that this is what’s happening in the text. It was assumed that Will was kidnapped and killed (and possibly raped, based on Troy’s line about “another queer”) because he was gay when he was just twelve years old, and this is reiterated a couple times in season one. At the top of season four Eddie is reading a magazine article that links sodomy with Satanism and violence.

I’ll just say it— there are certain people that would rather Will be asexual than gay because they view homosexual desire as a bad thing. There seems to be this rise of conservatism online in regards to queer sex, including amongst young queer people. “No kink at pride” and “No sex in movies” are all popular opinions that I’ve seen in queer spaces on twitter.

I remember when Heartstopper came out there was this tweet that went around, where the op essentially said he was glad that there was gay rep that was “wholesome” and “nonsexual.” Does there need to be sex in Heartstopper, no! There never needs to be sex in queer media, especially ones where the actors are young! But it’s these opinions, the ones that put sexless queer rep as superior to queer rep with sex that snowballs and begins to vilify queerness as a whole. Queer rep shouldn’t have to purify itself and become palatable to conservatives in order to be valid.

I understand why queer people hold this opinion of themselves because I was also a gay teenager, and the reason is internalized homophobia. With right wing media ramping up their homophobia, it’s hard not to let their messaging crawl into your brain. especially when your peers start to say something similar. Queer teenagers are constantly being told that their natural sexual desires are harmful and they start to believe it themselves. I know, I’ve been there.

To reiterate, I don’t think that all people who hc Will as asexual hold the opinions of all the stuff I talked about above, I also don’t want to make it seem like I’m putting down ace rep either! I wanted to bring all of that up because it is still a problem and very much happening. Like I said before, Will being asexual wouldn’t be a bad thing if it was the case, but that isn’t what’s happening in the show. Will is TEXTUALLY a HOMOSEXUAL!! HE LIKES MEN!!

I always need to clarify with these types of post, but no I don’t want to see an explicit sex scene with Will. HOWEVER, I do think that the sexuality part of his sexuality is something that can and should be explored in a mature and tasteful way. We know that season 5 is going to be his “coming of age” story, and I believe that his sexuality is going to be a big part of that, and it’s already part of the text.

[pumpkinrootbeer]

This could differ from person to person but I do believe that at the start, Evan genuinely just wanted to help the Murphys and wasn’t sure how to do that other than to lie and he felt trapped by his situation (for lack of a better word) and that was sort of influenced by what Jared said to him (“you’re seriously gonna tell them all they have left of their dead son is a weird sex letter you wrote?”), though of course I’m not trying to say Jared like, did that maliciously. As time went on, particularly in Act 2, Evan did start to act out selfishly and trying to use his lie with the Murphys as a means to get what he wants rather than actually helping them. I really like your posts analyzing them, honestly Evan and Jared’s dynamic is so interesting, and at the end of the day they’re both just like. Awful teenagers. They need couple’s counseling or something

i absolutely get you, and like you said they're just awful teenagers!! they're kids who are going through so much and have no support, they're going to do stupid shitty things. and of course you're absolutely free to your interpretations!! no shame in interpreting media differently then me :) that's the joy of fandom! And thank you!!! i have really enjoyed rambling abt these losers I love them so much <3

Also you've activated my autism beam and now i get to talk Abt my interpretations even more hahaha my perfect victory.

So first thing, yes! I 100% agree that Evan did want to help the Murphys and try and alleviate some of their pain at the start. But there's a shift at some point throughout the play where it's less about helping them and more about helping Evan, which I think most people agree on that at some point Evan's interests shift to being more self centered— it's just a matter of when that change occurs that people disagree on.

I'm of the opinion that the change happens, or at the very least starts to happen, very early on. I would say the moment Evan's motivations start to shift is when he says the line "They didn't want me to stop." while talking with Jared (and I am going to talk about my interpretation of Jared because I have so much to say about that freak 😭). This is the moment, for me, Evan realizes he's getting positive attention for lying. And that maybe he kind of likes it.

And I've said this in my other posts, but Evan isn't admitting to himself that that's why he's doing this! I don't think he's even aware of why he's really doing this. When he says he's doing it for the Murphys, he genuinely believes that.

The moment where I think he's 100% doing it for himself, even though he doesn't realize it, is Disappear. Because Connor's memory is already forgotten and they are parading this fake version of him around, a fake version of Connor that makes Evan look better and one that is actively causing real Connor to get forgotten faster. And Evan admits in the song that it's also because he doesn't want to be forgotten, which is not this horrible awful thing to feel! Evan isn't a bad person because he doesn't want to be invisible. I don't think Evan is a bad person at all!! What he does that's bad is hijack this tragedy for himself, a thing that again, he doesn't even realize he's doing.

i would definitely agree with you that by act 2, everything is mostly for himself. Cue the "It's not my fault other people can" line. Which I would argue is probably the cruelest thing Evan says in that entire show 😭, and then we get Good for You where Evan realizes things are starting to fall apart and that Alana isn't completely unaware and Evan's hurt her and his mom cares so much and has been so hurt by what Evan has done and that Jared isn't going to always be at his beck and call to write more emails whenever Evan needs him to, and that he's also been hurt by Evan's actions. Probably the most important song in the whole musical tbh. And THEN we get Words Fail where Evan just finally has to come to terms with why he's been doing everything, and it's also such a crucial moment for Evan's character Words Fail baby I love youuuuu.

So yeah! I agree that Evan started out with pure intentions, felt trapped, and then ended up finally feeling seen. He's a complicated character that I think gets watered down to a one dimensional poor anxious bean too much, it does a HUGE disservice to his character. I love canon Evan my perfect asshole son WAAAYYY more than fanon Evan did nothing wrong ever he's too anxious to hurt anyone.

With Jared, I actually think one of the most interesting things about him is that line!! Why does he tell Evan to not come clean? He has nothing to gain from it, he isn't even using the lie to get closer to Evan yet because the lie doesn't really exist! And you can't even argue that he's trying to sabotage Evan in this moment because there's nothing to suggest Jared ever actively tries to ruin Evan's life.

Sure, he says he would if he had that letter but nothing in the show suggests that's something Jared would do. He keeps Evan's lie for him the entire show, even when he has no reason too. Jared had cause and means to ruin Evan's life, but chooses not to again and again. So I'd definitely agree that he's not acting with malintent.

How I read that line, and obviously people are free to disagree, is concern. He is genuinely worried about Evan here and what Evan telling the Murphys will do to Evan. It's not even self preservation because he has nothing to do with this yet!

And because Jared is... well Jared, him looking out for Evan is telling him not to come clean! Nod and confirm, boys. Nod and confirm. Like it's this really imperfect, messy answers right? Because he's a teenager whose go to answer is not telling people shit about what's going on with him. Like, so many of Jared's problems would be solved if he knew how to talk to people, like "Hey Ev you're my only friend and you inventing a fake friend who is your best friend kinda sucks and hurts my feelings. Also this thing you're doing is weird and selfish xoxo love Jared." But he can't say that, because he's well. he's Jared.

And then he just offers to write these emails for Evan, and then continuously tries to do shit for Evan in the second act when Evan wants fuck all to do with him it's literally insane how Jared acts. "I can't do any more emails this weekend I have to hang out with my REAL friends 🙄🙄" to immediately "wait I can help with the project please please involve me in your life" like the lie isn't really holding up there Jared 🤨🤨 and then the invite for Evan to come over and drink and just shoot the shit with him he's clearly so desperate for his friend but he's also such an asshole he had to constantly push Evan away at the same time 😭😭😭😭 OHHHH I love them.

[erexart]

what do you think of Senjuro? I personally think he’s so damn cute

I love Senjuro! He’s adorable, polite, kind, shy, the opposite of Kyojuro but at the same time an image of him. Kyojuro raised him well, and just how much he shaped Senjuro, his younger brother help shape Kyojuro into the man he was too <3

[sonicranger1]

What got you into Trollhunters?

Well like most of my earliest interests (e.g sonic and tmnt respectively) I started off as more of a casual enjoyer then a fan/someone active in the fandom with the earliest memory I can recall being me rewatching the show right before the movie came out, after that I just stopped watching and got into other things.

The only reason why I got into it again was because I got into a conversation with my brother on old shows we enjoyed watching and I coincidentally remembered Trollhunters which domino-effected into me rewatching the entire series (three times now since getting my family to watch things with me is a nightmare), getting severe brainrot, realizing there's a book, getting said book which caused brainrot to double while crying in a corner seeing that barely anyone acknowledges the book, please read the book-

Ahem But also how could I not become a fan when we got this guy in the show with his irresistible charm

At the end of the day tho Trollhunters just checks all the box requirements that initially draws me into something which is 1. Being animated and 2. Having any sort of fantasy/whimsical elements to it

[dialovers-translations]

I often think about how would Subaru be as a father?

What do you think?🤔

Good question!

I actually have an AU on my OC/RP blog where he is the father of this adorable smol bean.

Honestly, I do think that it would be a struggle for him, especially at first because he never had a good father figure himself + he grew up in an incredibly disfunctional family.

That being said, I do think Subaru has what it takes to be a caring, doting father. I mean, he always continued to care for his mother as a child, even though it brought him a lot of emotional pain and distress. This shows that by nature, Subaru is a caring person.

...But boy would he struggle taking care of a baby because this man has never done that before. I even made a comic about it over here!

[saibug1022]

How did Asterin feel about Valax prior to getting to know her? Like right after the experiments and moving forward, how did his views of her change?

So if we're talking right after he escapes at the beginning of the book, he would NEVER admit it but he was more scared of her than anything else. They do end up tentative friends by the end of the book (i did romance her to see the route but it's not canon for him) and in a weird way he sees a lot of himself in her, in the way that they both have all these expectations and pressure on them, to the point where they feel like they can't even be a real person. But before the binding spell and all that, he kinda sorta hates her but overall he's scared of her, kind of like how a child would be scared of a terrifying bully but obviously more intense. He has no idea what she did to him, but he knows that because of him he lost a year of his life and has all these new scars he can't explain